Correction (7/26/2013, 6:15 p.m.): Because of inaccurate data provided by the Foundation Center, this graphic overstated the amount SPEC Associates received from the Lumina Foundation. It received $2.8-million from Lumina in 2011, not $3.8-million. The graphic has been updated to reflect that.

Foundation Support for Higher Education Shares Goals, Recipients

The breadth and quantity of money granted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to higher-education projects vastly outweighs the amounts granted by the two other key supporters of higher-education reform: the Lumina Foundation and The Kresge Foundation. Explore the graphic below to dig into the foundations' grants from 2006 through 2011. You can also browse a complete listing of the grants, the methodology we used, our disclosure, or read our analyses.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Lumina Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

Universities and colleges

Other educational organizations

Nonprofit organizations

Governmental organizations

Other organizations

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